Monday, August 31, 2015

On Tuesday, August 25, a Rwandan pastor, Salim Mikdad, conducted what
is arguably the largest conversion of Christians to Islam after he
successfully got all 480 members of his congregation to switch faiths,
Africa Metro reports.

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has appealed to President Buhari to
consider the people of the South East in his appointments. According to
Vanguard, Governor Okorocha made the appeal during a meeting with
selected stakeholders in the state over the weekend

Two oil workers have been sacked after a video of them having sex in a hotel room was shared online. Lee
Hanlon, 32, and Amy Maxwell, 33, who are both married and met while
working for Shell, recorded their illicit encounter on his mobile phone.

The
film was discovered by Mr Hanlon’s wife Charon, who sent it to all his
contacts including friends, workmates and bosses in an act of revenge.
But the footage then ‘spread like wildfire’ as more people passed it on
in messages and emails.

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, was involved in a car accident this morning along the Airport Road in Abuja, Premium Times reports.

The
crash reported occurred when one of the cars in the ex-governor’s
convoy tried to beat the traffic light resulting in a collision with
another car and the one that Akpabio was seated in.

An eye witness recounts ‘My
wife and I were coming from the NNPC Mega Station and we stopped at the
traffic light by Bolingo Hotel Junction. When the green light showed
and we made to move, there was this siren blaring Mercedes Benz jeep
that came from the town and almost crashed onto my car. I don’t know how
we dodged but another that was behind the jeep hit the car behind me
and tumbled on its side. I and my wife rushed out of our vehicle and
helped the driver bring out his boss. When we brought him out, we found
that it was former governor Godswill Akpabio. At the time we brought him
out, the siren was still blaring. We put him in the other vehicle and
he was rushed to the National Hospital.’

According to reports, he was later moved to a private section of the hospital for X-ray and other investigations.

The ongoing probe of former Pres Jonathan's administration by President
Muhammadu Buhari is to find out the dealings behind the alleged
purchase of 3 mobile stages, that cost $6.9m, Presidency source has
said.

According to a document, which was obtained from the Presidency on
Saturday, the deal, which is now a subject of investigation, was
allegedly carried out by Jonathan; his Chief Security Officer, Mr.
Gordon Obuah; and former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani
Alison-Madueke.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decries as alarming, the damage so
far done on the nation’s economy by the President Buhari-led All
Progressives Congress (APC) since it took office at the center, three
months ago.
The party said the shambolic state of the nation’s economy within the
period, which represents the worst in the nation’s contemporary history,
is a direct fallout of uncertainty created by the inability of the
Buhari-led government to chart a clear-cut economic policy, worsened by
abuse of regulations, and flagrant violation of constitutional
provisions.

In an interview with Vanguard, upcoming actress Nazareth Jesse Bako said
she is interested in marrying a God fearing man but not a poor God
fearing man ...

"A man who is God-fearing and matured in heart and also caring. Once you
have a man who loves God, every other thing is secondary” shesaid

Asked if she will marry a poor God fearing men , she says
“There is nothing like a poor man in my diary. They will go for their
class of women. I want to marry a ready-made man. I was not born to
suffer all my life. I have tried to get to where I am so settling down
would be resting and giving birth to my kids and taking good care of
them"she said

A road accident in Swaziland has killed 38 girls and seriously injured
20 others who were on their way to a traditional ceremony where King
Mswati III can choose a new wife, pro-democracy activists reported.
The accident happened on Friday night when their open truck smashed into
a car on the road between the tiny kingdom's two main cities, Mbabane
and Manzini, en route to the traditional Reed Dance.

Article written by former presidential aide, Reno Omokri. Read below...

On July 17, 2012, a recently re-elected Governor Adams Oshiomhole
visited Aso Rock Presidential Villa and on his way out he had a chat
with State House Correspondents and said as follows “what the Edo
election has confirmed is that when the President and Commander-in-Chief
puts the country first and conducts himself as a statesman, not just as
a party leader, credible elections are possible, because people were
apprehensive that the Nigerian Army could be misused. But of course, I told them I didn’t think they were right, but the President’s clear directive was that the votes must count."

A few ministers who served under the former President Goodluck Jonathan‘s administration have released a statement telling President Muhammadu Buhari to give the ex-commander-in-chief his due respect.According to multiple news outlets including Punch and Vanguard, the former ministers claim that members of the All Progressives Congress have been condemning, and undermining the efforts of Jonathan.

According to a statement signed on behalf of the Department of State Service (DSS) by its spokesman, Tony Opuiyo,
DSS confirmed the arrest of notable commanders and frontline members of
the notorious group from different parts of the country.

In
line with the DSS renewed counter-terrorism measures to combat the Boko
Haram insurgency in Nigeria, the arrest was made following fresh
attacks in Borno State over the weekend.

On Thursday, August 27, Pres.Buhari drew the anger of many across the
country when the list of his latest appointment was released. The list
which contained six new key appointees was criticized as being lopsided.
Responding to the widespread outrage and criticisms over the
appointment, APC national chairman Chief John Oyegun in an interview
with Thisday on Saturday in Abuja said,

"It is too early and superficial to say the appointments were lopsided;
it is too early. We are just a little over two months into the
government. The appointments made so far are personal staff members of
the president. And it is his prerogative to make the appointments."

Imo West Senator, Hope Uzodimma, has stated that he won't reconcile with
his former wife, Augusta, because their marriage has been legally
dissolved by the Court and the Catholic Church about 17 years ago.
He said a Lagos High Court Ikeja presided over by Justice Bayo Manuwa
and the Catholic Canon Tribunal of Orlu Diocese Catholic Church in Imo
State where the marriage was initially consummated have dissolved the
marriage after irreconcilable issues in 1998.

U2’s Bono has become the world’s richest pop star after raking in over
$1 billion from his Facebook shares.
The Beautiful Day hitmaker bought a 2.3 per cent share in the social
media network for £56 million in 2009 with the investment group that he
co-founded, Elevation Partners.
Today that share is worth a whopping £940 million, according to reports.
That means that Bono’s venture has earned him more in the last six
years than the whole of his incredible music career.

There was commotion on Sunday at the United Methodist Church, Mafoluku,
in the Oshodi area of Lagos as members of the church chased away their
pasto for allegedly impregnating his housemaid.

It was learnt that the pastor, Barkuma Andrew, was stopped from leading
the church seven months ago when the housemaid, who was also a member of
the church, Grace, had complications after aborting the pregnancy.

Kanye West
said that he is running for president in 2020 during his acceptance
speech for the MTV Music Video Award’s lifetime achievement honor.West made the announcement at the end of a 10-minute-long speech
where he discussed visiting the grocery store with his daughter and
admitted that he does not understand awards shows. “And yes, as you probably could’ve guessed in this moment, I’ve
decided in 2020 to run for president,” West said, before walking off
stage.

During the time of the former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe
Musa, him and most of his colleagues lived a moderate lifestyle life due
to the fact that corruption was minimal.

In an interview with Vanguard newspaper he was asked how he felt about
Governors and other people in politics who use their positions to amass
wealth while in public office.
The former Gov said:

"I feel bad because these are resources that should be used to liberate
the people and provide welfare and security for them. It is even more
worrisome that in most places those in power have not provided even the
basic things for their subjects while they swim in opulence and mindless
extravagance, creating a big gap between them and those who elected
them into office.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reacted to Amaechi's
decision not to appear before a panel of Inquiry. The Governor called on Amaechi, to go and defend himself before the
judicial commission of inquiry sitting in the state. Gov. Wike said that it was wrong for the former governor to
describe the commission as illegal even when the court had ruled that
the panel was in order.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF)
is tackling the challenge of inadequate personnel in policing the
country by reducing the number of men and officers deployed to each of
the state governors from 150 to 62.

According to Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase,
the police force needs to quickly beef up its 305,000 personnel, a
number he said was insufficient to police the country, especially in the
face of current security challenges.

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Friday, August 28, 2015

22 churches have been shut down for noisy worship in Lagos state. The
head of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Adebola Shabi,
who disclosed this yesterday August 27th, said the agency shut down the
churches following a series of complaints of disturbance by residents of
the area where the churches are located.

President Buhari has warned civil servants
to shun corrupt practices or be shown the way out of the civil service.
The permanent secretary in the office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Muhammed Bukar, who spoke with NAN, said
President Buhari gave
the warning while receiving notes on the activities of the General
Services Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation
(SGF).

There was outrage in the ruling All Progressives Congress party on
Thursday over the announcement of new appointments by President Buhari.
Leaders of the APC complained that the appointments were mostly in
favour of the North and Northerners.

“The President does not consult before making most of these appointments
and I can tell you that Nigerians are going to term the party and the
President as a northern party and the President of Northern Nigeria,” a
leader of the party said on Tuesday.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reduced the
number of companies that will handle the contract of lifting Nigeria’s
crude from 43 to 16. The drastic reduction is part of the Corporation’s
transformation agenda aimed at keeping its operation small, efficient,
transparent and reduction of cost.

A prominent Indian TV executive, Indrani Mukerjea was arrested on Wednesday August 26 in Mumbai and accused of murdering
Sheena Bora, her daughter from an earlier marriage. Mukerjea, who is the wife of Peter Mukerjea, the former CEO
of Star India, is accused of ordering
her driver to kill Bora and of disposing of the body three years ago. Mukerjea
and the driver were charged with kidnapping, murder and destroying the
evidence.

30- year-old Chonmanee Laphathanawat from Thai province
of Rayong was yesterday August 27th sentenced to death by a High Court
after finding her guilty of trafficking in
689.10gm of cocaine in 70 capsules hidden in her anus and her private
parts.

An Arik air catering loader, Ikechukwu Chibuzor Oliver (pictured above) has been
arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement, NDLEA, for being an accomplice to
Chika Egwu, another staff of the airline who was on Monday Aug.
24 arrested at London's Heathrow airport with 20kg of cocaine worth
N100 million.

Ahead of his upcoming album The Weeknd – real name Abel Tesfaye – is on the cover of Billboard‘s 2015 Fall Music Preview issue were he opens up about being inspired by Michael Jackson, his close relationship with his mother, plus working with Kanye West and Taylor Swift.

For the magazine’s latest issue Ethiopian-Canadian Weeknd was photographed by Miller Mobley.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that the anti-corruption fight of
this present administration should not be seen as one directed at a
particular ethnic group in the country. Osinbajo made said this when
some Yoruba traditional rulers paid
him a courtesy call at the state House yesterday August 27th.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) spokesman, Colonel
Rabe Abubakar has assured Nigerians that the military will meet the
presidential deadline to stamp out Boko Haram from Nigeria on or before
December this year.
He gave the gave the assurance in a meeting with the editorial team
of Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Daily Trust newspaper titles
at its Abuja head office yesterday August 27th.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following appointments:
Engr. Babachir David Lawal – Secretary to the Government of the Federation
Alhaji Abba Kyari – Chief of Staff to the President
Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service
Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service
Senator Ita S.J. Enang – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate)

President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja that Nigeria, under
his leadership, will work more closely with other countries facing the
challenge of falling oil prices to rapidly move away from dependence on
crude oil exports for economic survival.

The
much awaited Beat of Lagos 2015 concert has gotten a nod from the Lagos
State Government through its Ministry Of Tourism and Inter-Governmental
Relations. The concert which was headlined by; P Square and several
other A-list artistes at the maiden edition in 2011 have also had
several top acts performing on its stage since inception.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced
probe on the administration of the immediate past governor of Rivers
state, of Rotimi Amaechi. According to a report by ThisDay, the probe comes after a
Port
Harcourt-based group, The Integrity Group, petitioned EFCC on July 29th,
accusing the former governor of corruption, graft and
abuse of office while he served as governor.

A police officer simply identified as Medugwu mistakenly shot himself
dead while adjusting a rifle at the Mobile Police Force 20, in the Ikeja
area of Lagos on Tuesday August 25th.

According to Punch, Medugwu who was attached to MOPOL 20 and the
second-in-command to the armorer, accidentally pulled the trigger while
adjusting his rifle when a bullet was fired from it, piercing through
his jaw.

Adam
Ward, the photojournalist shot dead on live TV yesterday morning,
alongside TV reporter Alison Parker, may have filmed killer Vester
Flanangan as he was fired from their TV station in 2013.

Vester, who shot and killed three people yesterday including himself, worked at WDBJ alongside Adam and Alsion for two
years, but was eventually fired due to his poor performance and
aggressive behavior. He had to be escorted from the building by police
after refusing to leave, an incident which Ward allegedly filmed. After the
killing yesterday, Vester released a rambling
manifesto-cum-suicide note, in which he blamed racial
discrimination, as well as Charleston church killings, for his
attack.

Former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said he would have
loved to participate in the National Youth Service Corps, but was
disqualified because of his age. Obasanjo who graduated from National
Open University of Nigeria, NOUN with a degree in Theology, said;

”Somebody wrote me a letter when he got to know that I have graduated
from NOUN, he wanted me to do national youth service, but unfortunately
for him there is age limit.”

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

University of Lagos has released results of its 2015 Post Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to a statement
signed by the institution’s Deputy Registrar, Information, Mr Olagoke
Oke, 17, 935 candidates out of the 31,955 that sat for the entrance
examination were successful.

“I
know many Nigerians will say it is none of my business how others make
their money but I want to bring this to the notice of our country people
how many of our young men die here in Malaysia in very disturbing
circumstances.